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Albums from 1974 are turning 50 this year, and that includes the Grateful Dead‘s From the Mars Hotel. To celebrate, Rhino is reissuing the record, out June 21. Originally released on June 27, 1974 — just a few short months after the band debuted their massive Wall of Sound at …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. As much as we love the Deadhead look — bright graphic tie-dye shirts, jean shorts, and sandals — it’s not the most versatile (or, let’s be honest, cool) …

Dead & Company’s “final tour” wasn’t the end of the road for the Grateful Dead offshoot, as the John Mayer-featuring band has confirmed they’ll reconvene this spring for a lengthy residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere. The group — featuring Dead legends Bob Weir and Mickey Hart alongside Mayer, bassist Oteil …

Reigning chaos agent John Mayer has finally fulfilled an internet prophesy spawned nearly ten full years ago: he transitioned from Grateful Dead‘s “Dark Star” into “Your Body Is a Wonderland.” In 2015, the musician stepped into the Jerry Garcia role as Grateful Dead offshoot Dead and Company‘s touring guitarist, and …

Lou Reed died 10 years ago, in October 2013. But since then, he’s just become a more massive, more famous, more influential figure. His life is one of the strangest music stories ever. Will Hermes tells the whole epic tale in his new biography,Lou Reed: The King of New York. …

The San Francisco music scene was bursting with magic during the Sixties and Seventies, from the rise of radio DJs and eye-catching poster artists to Rolling Stone magazine and a number of iconic acts who emerged from it, including the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Steve Miller, Santana, …

From 1965 to 1975, San Francisco saw the rise of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Sly and the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Steve Miller, Santana, Moby Grape and more. A new two-part docuseries, San Francisco Sounds: A Place, examines this decade that propelled Bay …

Several albums will turn 50 years old this fall, from Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road to the Who’s Quadrophenia. That also includes the Grateful Dead‘s Wake of the Flood, which will be expanded for its anniversary on Sept. 29. Released in October 1973, Wake of the Flood marked an …

Prior to a couple of months ago, Bob Dylan had only played covered four Grateful Dead songs (“Friend of the Devil,” “West L.A. Fadeaway,” “Alabama Getaway,” “Black Muddy River”) throughout his entire career as a live performer. He added two more into the mix (“Truckin’” and “Brokedown Palace”) during a …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Grateful Dead fans have a lot to get excited about this summer, with Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann all touring with Dead & Co., and a …